Sell plastic pallets in North Dakota
North Dakota had 1,438 warehousing jobs in 2025, 46th among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is food manufacturing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
North Dakota in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 1,438 (46th of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 61 (43rd of 50); about 24 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 0.08%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 5,564 (44th of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- food manufacturing, 1.2x the national share of employment
- Auto parts jobs
- 678
- Refrigerated warehouse space, October 1, 2025
- 10 million cubic feet (31st of 50)
Reading a North Dakota lot
North Dakota ranks 46th for warehousing jobs and 43rd for establishments. It is one of the smaller warehousing states, so a lot here is rarely one of many on the same road. The average warehouse employs about 24 people, against 82 across the fifty states. Smaller sites mean smaller stacks, so the count matters more than the size of the site.
North Dakota has 3.9 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. Food plants carry more weight here than the warehouses beside them, so expect hygienic decks and rotated stock. The one other industry counted here is auto parts, at 678 jobs.
Cass County holds 82.5% of North Dakota's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 89.5%. One county carries more than half the state's warehousing, so a lot outside it is a longer haul. None of the metros in the dossier sits inside North Dakota, so a lot is read by its ZIP.
USDA counted 10 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in North Dakota, 31st of 50 and about 6,954 cubic feet for each warehousing job, against 2,254 across the states it reports. Cold storage is a bigger part of the picture here, so expect cold-chain lots: decks that tolerate cold and moisture, and questions about washdown.
Where North Dakota's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Cass | 1,186 | 82.5% |
| Grand Forks | 73 | 5.1% |
| Traill | 28 | 1.9% |
What North Dakota's industries put on the dock
- Food manufacturing: 5,564 jobs, 2025
- Grocery and related product wholesale: 1,946 jobs, 2025
North Dakota's most concentrated industry is food manufacturing, at 1.2 times the national share of employment. See how lots from food and beverage plants read.
Where North Dakota sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | North Dakota | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 46th: 1,438 | Wyoming, 1,974 (+536) | Hawaii, 1,298 (-140) |
| Warehousing establishments | 43rd: 61 | New Mexico, 66 (+5) | Hawaii, 57 (-4) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 44th: 5,564 | Maine, 5,673 (+109) | Vermont, 5,348 (-216) |
States next to North Dakota
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 17,921 | Hennepin (3,616) | 47,829 | meat and poultry processing |
| South Dakota | 3,269 | Minnehaha (2,930) | 10,866 | meat and poultry processing |
| Montana | 428 | Yellowstone (122) | 2,492 | food manufacturing |
North Dakota has fewer warehousing jobs than 2 of these 3 and more than the rest. The largest of them, Minnesota, has 12 times North Dakota's 1,438. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
Other pallet-using industries counted in North Dakota
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Auto parts | 678 | 0.5 to 1 |
Sending a lot from North Dakota
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a rotated hygienic stock, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does North Dakota have?
1,438 private-sector jobs across 61 establishments in 2025, 0.08% of the US total, which ranks North Dakota 46th of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from North Dakota?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in North Dakota. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which North Dakota industry is most concentrated?
Food manufacturing, at 1.2 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Words you will meet
- Static load
- Weight a pallet carries at rest, or the bottom pallet carries when stacked. The highest of the three ratings.
- PP
- Polypropylene. More rigid than HDPE and better with heat and harsh chemicals; used where rack stiffness matters.
- Dynamic load
- Weight a pallet carries while moving on a forklift, pallet jack or conveyor.
- Racking load
- Weight a pallet carries bridging an open span in unsupported racking. Often the lowest rating.
- Profile extrusion
- Pushing resin through a die to make long shapes that form pallet parts.
- Welding repair
- Plastic is hard to glue, so cracked parts are normally welded.
- Resin identification code
- Number on a plastic part for the resin, which does not itself say whether it is recyclable.
- Regrind
- Plastic ground from used or scrap parts into flakes for moulding again.
- Virgin resin
- New, unblended resin that has not been through a product before.
- Runners
- Bottom rails that touch the floor or rack and carry the load.
- Picture frame
- A raised rim around the deck edge that keeps cartons from sliding off.
- 4-way entry
- Forks or a jack can enter from all four sides.
- 2-way entry
- Forks enter from two opposite sides only.
- Nestable
- Empty pallets stack inside one another, cutting empty storage space by up to 75 percent.
- Stackable
- Loaded pallets can sit on top of each other, up to the static rating.
- Fork pocket
- Opening in the pallet where the forks go.
Who asks, and what they need
- Export shippers
- Light or low-cost one-way pallets with no ISPM 15 treatment; Euro 1200 x 800 and 1200 x 1000 sizes.
- Warehouses with automated storage
- Rackable pallets with a stated rack rating, cruciform base, consistent size for conveyors.
- Closed-loop and captive pallet users
- Large uniform lots of one size and style; repair and replacement parts.
What the sources say
- Pennsylvania had 228 million cubic feet and New Jersey 137 million of gross refrigerated warehouse space on October 1, 2025 (USDA NASS). (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
- The five states with the largest gross refrigerated warehouse capacity on October 1, 2025 were California (400 million cubic feet), Georgia (304 million), Washington (301 million), Wisconsin (297 million) and Texas (254 million), per USDA NASS. (esmis.nal.usda.gov)
- Greystone Logistics processed about 60 million pounds of recycled plastic in the year ended May 31, 2024, using damaged plastic pallets from a buy-back program among its feedstock. (resource-recycling.com)
- Counties with the most private grocery and related product wholesale jobs (NAICS 4244) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Los Angeles County, California (36,194), Cook County, Illinois (23,404), Miami-Dade County, Florida (14,422), Harris County, Texas (14,172), Dallas County, Texas (12,337), Maricopa County, Arizona (9,996). (data.bls.gov)
- Private warehousing and storage (NAICS 493) paid an average of $56,706 a year across 1,901,976 jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW). (data.bls.gov)
- States where meat and poultry processing is the largest share of private jobs in 2025 (BLS QCEW): Nebraska (3.7%), Arkansas (3.1%), Iowa (2.6%), Delaware (2.4%), Mississippi (2.0%); the national share is 0.42%. (data.bls.gov)
- Wood packaging material entering the US must be treated and certified per ISPM 15. (aphis.usda.gov)
- Rehrig Pacific's 40 x 48 rackable pallet is high-pressure injection molded co-polymer polypropylene, with 540 per 53 ft trailer. (rehrigpacific.com)
- Rehrig Pacific's rackable pallet has a two-piece snap-lock design for quick repair and options for FDA-approved colours, RFID and up to 15 percent black recycled content. (rehrigpacific.com)
- Rehrig Pacific's 40 x 48 standard-duty nestable pallet weighs 26.5 lb with a static rating of 10,000 lb and dynamic 3,000 lb. (rehrigpacific.com)
- That nestable has a 2.50 in nest increment and 1,260 units per 53 ft trailer. (rehrigpacific.com)
- Rehrig Pacific offers the standard-duty nestable with recycled content of up to 90 percent in black, and describes it as 100 percent recyclable. (rehrigpacific.com)
- That used pallet is listed as pharma and food safe but not approved for direct food contact, in colours that vary. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Pallet capacities are issued by the manufacturer from calculation and lab or field tests, and assume an evenly distributed load. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Freezing can make some pallet materials brittle and reduce performance. (nelsoncompany.com)
- PHS lists a 48 x 48 stackable pallet (STK 207) at 4,000 lb dynamic and 30,000 lb static. (phsinc.com)
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